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EDWARD T. ROBINSON,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS OAR COMPANY, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed February-11, 1908. Serial No. 415,353.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that character of railway cars which Iareprovided with deck compartments located above the window openings andinto which lower and upper window sashes may be elevated when the car isto be used in an open condition and the window openings are to beunobstructed by the sashes.

The objects of the present invention are to provide efiicient means bywhich the window sashes are guided and supported when they are elevatedinto the deck compartments and after they have been elevated into saidcomparltments, and means whereby the upper sas with the lower sash bywhich it is controlled when the sashes are moved to and from the deckcom artments.

Figure is an elevation of part of a railway car containing myimprovements and looking at the parts at the interior of the car. Fig.II is an enlarged vertical section taken on line II-II, Fig. I. Fig. IIIis an enlarged vertical section taken through the lower and up er sashesshown in the positions assumed) when they are in the deck compartment.Fig. IV is an enlarged elevation of a fragment of an up er sash, theguide and catch members carried) by said sash and the lower end of oneof the guide rods on which the sash carried guide members operate. Fig.V is a vertical cross section taken on line V-V, Fig. IV.

In the accom anying drawings: A designates the lower eck of a railwaycar and B the lower deck ceiling between which and the deck is a sashreceiving compartment O.

D is a vertical side member of the car, such as the letter board, andwhich is located beneath the outer edge of the deck A.

E are the window posts which are provided with sash runways that arecontinued to the deck sash receiving compartment C in order that thesashes mounted between the posts may be always lowered in conjunction' jmay be elevated directly into said compartment.

F designates a lower sash that is provided with sash holders G and I-Iis an u per sash rovided at its inner face with poc ret strips Ipreferably of channel shape and into which the lower sash may beelevated.

1 designates a pair of guide rods located in the sash receivingcompartment C and which curve upwardly from the lower end of saidcompartment to the upper end of the compartment in a directioncorresponding to the curvature of the deck A.

2 designates traveler plates that are attached to the upper ends of theupper sash H. These plates are provided with4 upwardly extending arms 3in which are mounted rollers 4 that are adapted to operate upon theguide rods l when the upper sash is elevated in the sash receivingcompartment C and lowered from said compartment. The carrier plates arefurther provided with lips 5 that extend inwardly from the faces of theplates and which are adapted to be engaged by the lower sash F when saidlower sash is elevated relative to the upper sash.

The construction just described provides for the elevation of the uppersash with the lower sash to move said sashes jointly into the sashreceiving compartment C and for the guiding of these sashes `into saidcompartment through the cooperation of the rollers 4 in the travelerplates 2 with the guide rods 1. After the sashes have been jointlyelevated into the sash receiving compartment to the positions shown indotted lines Fig. II, they are maintained in such position by theengagement of the sash holders Gr with the side walls of the sashreceiving compartment for which purpose any suitable openings to receivethe sash holder bolts maybe furnished in said walls.

6 designates pocket plates secured to the upper ends of the lower sash Fand provided with pockets 7, see Fig. III.

,8 are dogs pivotally mounted in the traveler plates 2 alongside of thearms 3 of said plates. These dogs are provided with lower short arms 9and upper long arms 10, thelatter of which terminate in noses 11 whichare adaptedy to enter the pockets in the pocket plates 6. When the lowerand upper sashes are elevated jointly into the sash receivingcompartment C and move into an inclined position in said compartment,the upper long arms of the dogs 8 fall downwardly toward the pocketplates 6, whereby their noses are caused to enter into the pockets ofsaid'plates to remain therein while the sashes are present in saidcompartment. When the lower sash is lowered from said compartment intothe guide ways in the window posts E the dogs, by their engagement withthe pocket plates 6, cause the upper sash to be drawn downwardly withthe lower sash and as a consequence the traveler plates 2 are moveddownwardly in the compartment C with their rollers 4 riding' upon theguide rods 1. The two sashes move downwardly together until the uppersash has passed into a vertical position in the guide ways of a windowpost, but just previous to the completion of the downward movement ofthe upper sash the lower arms of the dogs 8 come into contact withbearing plates 12 at the inside faces of the fixed vertical parts D ofthe car wall and the dogs are moved into vertical positions by suchengagement with the result ol withdrawing their noses from the pocketplate 6 ol thy lower sash, thereby permitting' the continue downwardmovement of said lower sash.

I claim:

The combination, with a car body having sash runways, a deck sashreceiving compartment, a guiderod in the compartment, an upper sash anda lower sash; ol" a traveler plate formed with upwardly extendingg arms,and a forwardly projecting lip at one side ol the traveler plate, andsecured to the upper sash, a roller mounted. in the arms, and travelingupon the guide rod, a dos; pivoted to the other side oli the travelerplate, and a pocket plate, secured to the lower sash, and with which thedog is adapted to engage.

EDWARD T. ROBINSON.

In presence (if- A. DIEKMANN, M. C. MURPHY.

